Titus Simoens (°1985, Belgium) is a visual artist based in Ghent, Belgium. In 2015, Titus Simoens made his first book Blue, See - Mount Song - Los Domadores, published by Hannibal. From 2016 to 2018, he graduated with great distinction the visual arts master’s program at KASK School of Arts in Ghent, where he made three consecutive publications on encounters, “Tu me dis” (2016), “For Brigitte” (2017) and “11:00 am” (2018), published by Art Paper Editions.

Simoens has had exhibitions at Kunsthal Rotterdam, photography museum FOMU in Antwerp, Centre for Fine Arts - BOZAR in Brussels, Caermersklooster in Ghent, Boutographies festival in Montpellier, the MRO Foundation in Arles, among others. With his book “For Brigitte” he was shortlisted for the Author Book Award in Les Rencontres d’Arles 2018, nominated for the best Photography Book at PHotoESPANA 2018 and for the Kassel Photobook Award 2018. Last year he was selected for TIFF. by the Photography museum Antwerp FOMU.

Education
2005 - 2008 BA in Audiovisual Techniques - Photography at KDG , Antwerp, BE
2016 - 2018 MFA in photography at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, BE

Awards
2019 Shortlisted best Photography Book of the Year Award by PhotoEspaña, ES
2018 Selected for TIFF. magazine, Photography museum, Antwerp, BE
2018 Winner SONY KASK Master in Photography award, KASK & CONSERVATORIUM School of Arts Ghent, BE
2018 Shortlisted for the Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles, FR
2018 Selected for the photo book exhibition at Athens Photo Festival, GR
2018 Shortlisted best Photography Book of the Year Award by PhotoEspaña, ES
2018 Nomination best photobooks for the KASSEL PHOTOBOOK AWARD, DE
2015 Nomination Galerie Pennings Award, NL
2015 Winner Nikon Young Promising Photographer Award, Brussels, BE
2014 Winner Monography series Award NIKON- BOZAR#2, BE
2014 Selected for the portfolio review in Düsseldorf, DE
2014 Selected for the exhibition of the fourteenth edition of Boutographies, Montpellier, FR
2013 Selected for folioPORT by Kaunas Photo Festival, LT
2012 Winner Foto8 Summershow - Best in show, London, UK
2012 Winner Nikon Young Promising Photographer Award, Brussels, BE